Often, when a soul dies a tragic and “untimely” death, those that feel the loss the most struggle with the question “why?”
There was a young man about to take a plane home to visit his mother. He felt the urge to write to her prior to the flight’s departure. He hurriedly tore a scrap of paper from a discarded magazine and wrote a brief note and mailed it to his mother. Then he left on his flight. The plane crashed and he lost his life. His mother cried bitterly, “Why?” Soon the note from her son arrived in the mail. She opened it and saw what was left of an advertisement on one side of the paper: it read in large letters, WHY?
She turned it over and read in her son’s handwriting these words: Dear Mother, God is too kind to do anything cruel and too wise to make a mistake. He is too deep to explain “why?”.
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TURNING POINT
This story was first told to me at a funeral service for a young man who was tragically killed in a car accident. It was so profound and appropriate because everyone was asking the question “Why?” within their self. The “Why?” question is so often the thing that crops up when things go dramatically contrary to our desires. What this story tells us is that if we can authentically trust God, then we can move on in peace with the “why” unanswered. That’s a real turning point!